Metapneumoviru belongs to the family
Paramyxoviridae, which includes viruses responsible for parainfluenza, mumps and measles.
Klaus Stohr of the WHO Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response said, "More and more laboratories are finding
Paramyxoviridae virus.
The bad news came as doctors in Hong Kong identified that the killer virus is a member of the
paramyxoviridae family.
Spokesman John Tam said: "From the shape of the virus, it belongs to the
paramyxoviridae family.
Researchers in Hong Kong have identified a member of the
paramyxoviridae family, including paramyxovirus, as causing the recent SARS outbreak.
Both Nipah and Hendra are members of the virus family
Paramyxoviridae.
Both Hendra and Nipah viruses, members of the family
Paramyxoviridae, have been linked to fruit bats in southeast Asia and Australia.
Avian paramyxovirus (APMV) belongs to the genus Avulavirus, family
Paramyxoviridae.
It is caused by Newcastle disease virus (NDV), a member of the
Paramyxoviridae, genus Avulavirus and serogroup Avian Paramyxovirus 1 (Lamb et al.
The disease is caused by a Morbillivirus of the family
Paramyxoviridae (Kwiatek et al.
The disease is caused by avian paramyxovirus serotype 1 (APMV-1) of the genus Rubulavirus belonging to the subfamily Paramyxovirinae, family
Paramyxoviridae, order Mononegavirales [2].
En ambos casos se trato de virus de la familia
Paramyxoviridae.
